Turn camel hair shoe with felt and leather sole and with solid heel counter



Jan. 19, 1932. B"; BERNEIS 1,342,064

, v TURN CAIEL HAIR SHOE WITH FELT AND LEATHER SOLE 'AND WITH SOLID HEELCOUNTER Filed July 8, 1929 JNVENTOR W insole which is stitched in.

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Patented Jan. 19, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 BRUNO BERNEIS, OFNUREMBERG, GERMm, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM VEREINIGTE SCHUHFABBIKENBERNEIS-WESSELS A.-G.,

TURN CAMEL HAIR SHOE WITH FELT AND LEATHER SOLE AND WITH COUNTERApplication filed July 8, 1929, Serial No.

The turn camel hair shoes with feltand leather sole found on the markethave usually no counter and a soft bolstered covering These so calledrun-down heel shoes are flexible in the heel end of the arch and ball ofthe foot.

Turn'camel hair shoes with solid counter are manufactured which arefitted however over the whole length with a stiff covering insoleimpeding the flexibility in the ball and in the heel end of the arch.

The turn camel hair shoe with fltand leather sole accordingto theinvention combines the advantages of a flexible sole and those of asolid counter. The novelty of the turn camel hair shoe with feltandleather sole and with solid counter according to the invention consistsin that the bolstered covering insole has a glued in stiff support onlyfrom the rear end to the heel end of the arch, being soft and stitchedin from the heel end of the arch to the toe point of the shoe so thatthe shoe with solid heel counter is flexible in the heel end of the archand in the ball, detaching shifting and creasing of the bolsteredcovering insole being prevented.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in theaccompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a longitudinal section,

Fig. 2 is a sect-ion on line A-B of Fig. 1 the covering insolebeing-shown in top plan view and Fig. 3 a section on line CD of Figs. 1and 2.- p

a is the felt sole, 6 the leather sole and e, (Z the ulster-likecamel-hair cloth. The heel portion has a stiff counter; Between the heellining f andthe layer (1' of cloth a stiflf counter g is inserted andglued in." On the' edge f of the heellining resting upon the edge g ofthe piece of buckram a stiff OF AUGSIBURG-OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY SOLID HEEL376,74 and in Germany July 12, 1928. i

92 along the ball portion 0 up to the toe point on only the softcovering insole 1 lies on the ity of the foot joint and of the ball isnot im- 'peded in the least.

I claim A. turn camel hair shoe with feltand leather sole and with solidheel-counter, comprising in combination withthe felt sole, a

bolster-insert sole extending from the toe end to the rear heel edge andstitched in from the ball line to the toe end, the bolster in saidstitched part bearing directly on said feltsole, and a stiff insert onwhich said bolsterinsert sole is stitched from the ball line around thewhole edge of the heel part resting upon the flat shoe heel, said stiffinsert being inserted from the rear and from below said bolster with itsfront edge, extending to approximately one quarter of the total lengthof said bolster, which over this area is thinner than the remainingpart, said stiff insert being connected by glueing to thebolster-covering and also to the felt sole.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BRUNO BERNEIS.

sole h is glued, as in these known camel hair shoes, onto, which byaseam i the soft covering sole Z, enclosing a bolster is, is sewn.

ile in;the known turn camel hair shoes with solid counterthe stiff soleextends from theheel to theftoe, it extends according to the presentinvention only to the heel end of the arch n. From thisheel end of thearch

